Producer, Director, Editor
His parents Henry C. DeMille and Beatrice DeMille were playwrights. His father died when he was 12, and his mother supported the family by opening a school for girls and a theatrical company. Too young to enlist in the Spanish-American War, Cecil followed his brother William C. de Mille to the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts, making his stage ...
Born: August 12, 1881
Star sign: Leo
Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Known for: The Ten Commandments (1956), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Samson and Delilah (1949), Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
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